If you insert a web link using Blackboard External Link tool, under Options choose “Yes” to “Open in new window”. If you insert a link within the textbox, after you click the globe icon, in the popup window check “open link in a new window” box.
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To obtain a guest link for a session:Click on the button with the three dots to the right of the course room or the session link.Click on the Copy Guest Link option in the menu.The Guest Link URL will appear on screen.Oct 24, 2020
If you want to make the link available to students, then click on the double-down arrow on the right side of the button. Next you will click on the Show Link option.Oct 25, 2013
Highlight the text you wish to make into a link, then click the Hyperlink button in the second row of buttons. It looks like a chain link. Step 2: The Insert/Edit Link page will open in a pop-up window. Step 3: Paste the entire URL (or web address) into the Link Path box.
Connect - Add Connect Assignments to BlackboardLog in to your Blackboard account.Select the course to which you'd like to add your Connect assignment(s).From the Assessments menu, select McGraw-Hill Assignment.Check the box next to each assignment you wish to add to Blackboard.Click Submit.More items...
A course link is a shortcut to an existing area, tool, or item in a course. Example: Link to assignments. You can create all assignments in their own content area. Then, you can create course links to individual assignments in other areas of the course, such as in a unit folder or learning module.
Hiding/Showing Links If a link is hidden, it is denoted by a square icon with a diagonal lin through it. To unhide a hidden link, which would make it visible to students, select Show Link from the options menu. If a link is visible, select Hide Link from the options menu, to hide it from student view.
How to embed a link: Select the text you want to turn into a link....You can also add a link without selecting text.Click the Link icon and then select “URL.”Paste the URL into the box.Add a title by typing or pasting text in and click “insert.”
On the Course Content page, select the plus sign wherever you want to add a discussion. Select Create > Participation and Engagement > Discussion.
Your discussion links appear on the Course Content page where you created them. You can reorder and remove a discussion link. When you remove a discussion from the Course Content page, it remains on the Discussions page.